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Nautical Home Decor
Nautical Home Décor on a Budget
Decorating with bright sea colors is popular in any geography. Clear blues and bright whites trimmed with a little red for a lighthouse is a décor that is cheerful and clean-looking. And nautical home décor is perhaps the easiest style to create on a budget.
Use your Vacation Days
Nautical home décor is simply a matter of bringing outdoor things inside. Free items like seashells, sand, or driftwood evoke the sea very effectively. Your vacation is the best time to gather up some items for your home. Sea treasures look good displayed in an oversized clear vase, stacked on bookshelves or hung on the wall. All you need is a little basic hardware to turn your found items into a decoration or adornment.
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Life for sailors is brutal; working on a windswept boat, getting knocked around by storms, and being beaten by waves. Boats and seagoing equipment do not look too pristine after they have worked the ocean for years. And luckily for the decorator, this distressed, sea-worn look is inexpensive to use in nautical home decor.
For example, in a Louis XIV room the glassware would have to be fine, French antique vases. By contrast, the glass décor in a nautical home is more likely to be an old, worn lantern, or a retired glass float. It is clear which style is more affordable, and which style you are more likely to find in a quaint collectibles shop or Main Street antique mall.
Likewise, an oar or fishing pole from an antique store does not have to be finely refinished to be a good decorative accessory. Let the oar be splintered or worn; that is how it would actually look at work in the water.
Classic is Everywhere
Ships, boats, sails, and seashells are decorating trends that are always fresh. Sometimes it may necessary to update your fabric choices. But the general themes and colors of nautical home décor never go out of style. This is advantageous for the home decorator.
First, unless you get tired of nautical home décor, there will never be any need to completely overhaul your interior design. Since it is always in style, you can shop for last year' s (or even the last decade' s) nautical accessories. This translates to savings on reproduction nautical home décor at discount stores.
The best fabrics for nautical home décor are cotton canvas, usually in shades of ecru or blue. Coincidentally, this is also very inexpensive and sturdy cloth for furniture and even curtains.
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